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USDA - Soil Conservation Service Soil Series: WINDSOR Site Identification #: 90MA023013 Map Unit Symbol: 255B Lab Pedon #: 2325501 Location Information Soil Survey Area #: 023 MLRA: 144A County Name: Plymouth Soil Survey Area Name: PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS Location Description: 1000 FEET WEST OF SUMMER STREET AT A POINT 0.3 MILES NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF MURDOCK STREET AND SUMMER STREET IN THE TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH, MA (132 FEET EAST OF RIVER). Quadrangle Name: Bridgewater Latitude: 41 degrees 56 minutes 15.0 seconds N Longitude: 70 degrees 55 minutes 41.0 seconds W UTM Zone: UTM Easting: UTM Northing: Photograph #: 49143 Description Category: Full pedon description Pedon Category: Typical pedon for series Slope Characteristics Information Slope: 5 percent Aspect: 225 degrees Horizontal Shape: Convex Vertical Shape: Total Slope Length: 132.0 feet Slope Length Above Site: 10.0 feet Elevation: 30.0 feet Physiography: Local: Outwash Plain Major: Glaciofluvial Landform * Geomorphic Position: on lower third, summit, of a side slope Moisture Regime: Udic moisture regime Landuse: Forest land not grazed Stoniness: 0.00 percent Natural Drainage Class: Excessively drained Parent Material: Slightly weathered glacial outwash from mixed-igneous-metamorphic & sedimentary. Described by: P. C. FLETCHER Notes: WEATHER - SUNNY, MID 50 DEGREES F. 1:00 P.M TO 4:00 P.M. VEGETATION SPECIES: WHITE PINE, RED OAK. Oi--15 to 0 inches; fibric material; abrupt wavy boundary.
Oe-- 0 to 2.5 inches; dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) partially decomposed organic matter; very friable; common very fine roots throughout; abrupt wavy boundary. E horizon - incipient (1/4 inch thick) discontinuous E horizon present on some faces of the pit. Oa-- 2 to 3.5 inches; black (5YR 2/1) sapric material; massive; very friable; common very fine roots throughout and common fine and medium throughout; 4.2 LaMotte-Morgan; abrupt wavy boundary. Oa horizon - in some areas mixed with underlying mineral material and in those areas be described as an A horizon. Ap-- 3 to 10 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) loamy sand; massive; friable; common medium and coarse roots throughout and common very fine and fine throughout; 5.0 LaMotte-Morgan; 2 percent subrounded mixed gravel; abrupt wavy boundary. Bw--10 to 16 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loamy sand; massive; friable; common very fine and fine roots throughout and common medium and coarse throughout; 5.2 LaMotte-Morgan; 2 percent subrounded mixed gravel; clear wavy boundary. BC--16 to 29 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; massive; very friable; common fine and medium roots throughout; 5.2 LaMotte-Morgan; 5 percent subrounded mixed gravel; gradual wavy boundary. C--29 to 46 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; 5.4 LaMotte-Morgan; 5 percent subrounded mixed gravel; abrupt wavy boundary. C2--46 to 50 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 5.6 LaMotte-Morgan; 5 percent subrounded mixed gravel; abrupt wavy boundary. C3--50 to 72 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; 5.6 LaMotte-Morgan; 5 percent subrounded mixed gravel. |
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